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Man, dog killed in fire on Arling Avenue

A man is dead after an early morning house fire Wednesday near Taylor Boulevard, in the Iroquois neighborhood.

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Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Jul 20, 2016

Man, dog killed in fire on Arling Avenue

A man is dead after an early morning house fire Wednesday near Taylor Boulevard, in the Iroquois neighborhood.

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Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Jul 20, 2016

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WEBVTT S WHERE WLKY'S CHRISTINA MORA IS WITH THE LATEST. CHRISTINA? CHRISTINA: FAMILY HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VICTIM IN THIS FIRE WAS 59-YEAR-OLD RAY NAGIN -- H IGDON. I SPOKE WITH A FRIEND OF THE VICTIM, WHO CLAIMS IT WAS A TERRIBLE SHOCK TO THE FAMILY. WE ALSO MET SOME FRIENDS OF HIS TODAY, WHO WERE HEARTBROKEN BY THE NEWS. >> ALL THE FIRE TRUCKS WERE HERE , AND IT FLOORED ME THIS MORNING. CHRISTINA: WHEN EARL BABBITT CAME TO ARLING AVENUE WEDNESDAY MORNING, HE HAD NO IDEA HIS FRIEND ACROSS THE STREET HAD DIED IN A FIRE HOURS EARLIER. >> I CAN IMAGINE YOUR HEART MUST HAVE DROPPED. >> DID DID. -- IT DID. CHRISTINA: IT WAS JUST AFTER 5:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEN A NEIGHBOR DRIVING HOME FROM AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT AT UPS NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THIS HOME. >> HE WAS GOING TO COME HOME AND FEED OUR DOG AND CAT, AND I GOT A PHONE CALL STATING THAT THERE WAS A FIRE, HE HAD SEEN SMOKE. CHRISTINA: JAN MORRIS SAYS HER HUSBAND WAS ABOUT TO POUND ON THE DOOR WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED. THEY FOUND THE MAN WHO LIVES HERE UNCONSCIOUS INSIDE. HE DIED AFTER HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. >> JUST VERY SAD. IT'S A SAD SITUATION. CHRISTINA: FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE FLAMES STARTED IN THE KITCHEN, BUT THE EXACT CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THIS IS LOUISVILLE'S SECOND FIRE-RELATED FATALITY OF THE YEAR. >> TO US, WE STRIVE FOR ZERO FATALITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DO HAPPEN. CHRISTINA: FRIENDS SAY THE VICTIM WAS A RETIRED ELECTRICIAN. THEY SAY HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP ANYONE. >> HE'S A GREAT GUY, A EVERYBODY LIKED HIM. HE'D HELP YOU IN ANY WAY COULD, AND WE'LL MISS HIM. CHRISTINA: WHEN I TALKED TO FAMILY MEMBERS A SHORT TIME AGO, THEY SAY THIS IS ALL STILL VERY NEW. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. THE VICTIM ALSO HAD A DOG. FIRE CREWS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE DOG, BUT I HAVE LEARNED THAT FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO FIND THE BODY OF THAT DOG. THAT'S THE LATEST FROM SOUTH

Man, dog killed in fire on Arling Avenue

A man is dead after an early morning house fire Wednesday near Taylor Boulevard, in the Iroquois neighborhood.